Tag Archives: Griel Marcus

swizzle swag

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Tales from the invisible republic. The new old-weird America… about 20 years ago, i worked on my first swizzle stick project. my client/pal dave crider at estrus records decided he wanted swizzle stick to go … Continue reading →

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lipstick traces on sandpaper:waiting for you to make the wrong step…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art

The intro to this latest blog is an excerpt from an interview Art Chantry gave back 1998: Chantry:Yeah, but that’s not the same thing. That’s an old Situationist idea. There was a book produced by… I think it was Guy … Continue reading →

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DIDDLERS: SECRETS HIDDEN IN THE SHUFFLE

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dave

It’s what Griel Marcus termed ”the old, weird America.”; a peculiar terrain, a strange yet familiar backdrop to a common cultural history of America : the “playground of God, Satan, tricksters, Puritans, confidence men, illuminati, braggarts, preachers, anonymous poets of … Continue reading →

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WRESTLING WITH THE AESTHETIC OF VIOLENCE

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Dave

Masculinity in crisis as a black or absurd comedy. Society’s always seems to rejoice in a misplaced misplaced judgment that portrays violence as a reality principle, perhaps reflecting the influence of Quentin Tarantino. A video of a Halifax, Canada area … Continue reading →

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HERESY OF THE FREE SPIRIT

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Dave

“the adepts of the Free Spirit did not form a single church but rather a number of likeminded groups, each with its own messiah and each with its own particular practices, rites and articles of belief.” It is characteristic of … Continue reading →

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CONFIDENCE MEN:Masquerade, Myth and Art

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Dave

For the confidence man to find a comfortable home in the heart of American culture, he needed a mask. And humor has often become an intricate part of the disguise. From the Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor in blackface which … Continue reading →

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Blake & The Invisible Republic

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Dave

What musicologist and culture critic Griel Marcus termed ”the old weird America” , an invisible republic that lingers in the background and is interwoven into the fabric of everyday life. Bob Dylan and The Band’s ‘‘The Basement Tapes” was recorded, … Continue reading →